The Taliban or Taleban, who refer to themselves as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, are a Sunni Islamic fundamentalist political movement and military organization in Afghanistan currently waging war within that country. Read More
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday released a damage assessment report on cyclone Fani which estimates the total damage and loss at Rs 24,176 crore and recovery needs at Rs 29,315 crore. ...
In a setback to the Maharashtra government, the Supreme Court on Friday refused to stay the Bombay High Court order, which quashed the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) approval for the Rs 12,000 crore coastal road project, and under construction by Muni ...
With speech and hearing impairment, Amit found it impossible to get a job despite making umpteen efforts. That is when he came across a company run by an enterprising 17-year-old social entrepreneur. ...
National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR) has recommended that Reverse Osmosis (RO) plants be set up only in the villages that have water quality problems so as to avoid high costs and maintenance burden. ...
In a bid to hack and work on real-world challenges, Microsoft India is organising a week-long hackathon in various cities across the country and for the first time, the annual event has witnessed participation from customers and NGOs at various Micro ...
The latest UN human rights report on Jammu and Kashmir, slammed by India as a "continuation of the earlier false and motivated narrative", has several discrepancies that show up on closer reading and contradicts its own picture of J&K as virtually be ...
Authorities of the Kaziranga National Park in Assams Golaghat district have started preparations to tackle the flood season as the Brahmaputra river was flowing above the danger level due to torrential rains. ...
After two months of "Operation Mukti", the child begging has "almost stopped" in Uttarakhand due to this social initiative launched by the state police, police officials said. ...
